The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-07-14
CROP REPORT.
Condition of Wheat, Rye and Other
Growing Crops Throughout the
Country.
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Condition of Wheat, Rye and Other
Growing Crops Throughout the
Country.
WASHINGTON, July 9.-The statistician
of the department of agriculture reports
further extension of the corn area of
about 100000 acres, an increase of two
per cent. over the acreage of 1886. In the
states of declining wheat culture maize
has advanced its area largely, notably in
Kansas. A marked advance is noted in
the district between the Mississippi and
the Rocky mountains, and considerable
increase is reported.
In the cotton states the season has been
fairly favorable, both for planting and
growing, and the condition is high, aver
aging 95.97, which differs littl- from the
July condition of the past three years.
The great corn growing states, which fur
nish a surplus, average nearly SO in con-
dition.
The condition of winter wheat ON the
1st of July, or at the time of harvest, for
the more southern states, is SO. The re-
duction since the June report is Ia
There is material reduction in CalifOr-
mia, with some loss in several southern
states. Some of the remainder have
gained point or two, and others have
lost. The chinch bug has wrought some
damage in most of the western states, and
in Maryland and Virginia, where harvest
ed grain has been threshed, the results are
variable with plump, sound grain in some
localities, and the shrunken berry indi.
Gated in others. There is reported a
somewhat serious decline of the condition
of spring wheat, largely from the prsva-
lence of the chinch bug. The general
average is 1913; last month, 1913, decline
OF 8 points. The condition in July of
1886 was 1873, four points higher than the
present average. The average for Wis
consIn is IT,; Minnesota, rs; Iowa, ~;
Nebraska, 70; Dakota, 81. The chinch
bug, Hessian fly and grasshopper in the
northwest, and the joint worm in West
Virginia, have ell aided in reduction of
the yield of wheat.
The average condition of winter rye is
8S, and that of spring rye 843, showing a
decline in condition since the last report.
The average for barley is likewise re-
duced. II is 1913, instead of 88.9, last re-
port.
The decline is mainly IN the west. The
reduction appears in oa's from 81 in June
to 1913, due to the drouth and insect raw
ages. It ia heaviest in Kentucky, Illinois,
Wisconsin and states west of the Missis-
sippi. There has been an increase Vt ~
per cent. In the acreage of potatoes, the
largest rate of advance being in Dakota,
Kansas and Nebraska. The condition
average is SO, which is little below the
July average of the previous three years.
There is apparently decline of about
one-sixth in tobacco acreage, in which
nearly all the tobacco growing states par
ticipate. The average condition is 81
lower than the July figure for several
years
The status of the cotton crop has not
declined since the last report. 10 the south,
east there is sligh compensated
by small advance in states west OF the
Mississippi. The average is 81, which Is
four points higher than the average FOL
July in the previous ten years. 1t was ex
ceeded in 1878 and 1880, and nearly